Fine and/or up to 5
years in prison, up to
10 years if repeat
offense.
Breaking into a powerful
system and using its
processing power to run a
password-cracking
application.
Through use of a computer used in interstate
commerce, knowingly causing the transmission of a
program, information, code, or command to a
protected computer. The result is damage or the
victim suffers some type of loss.
Penalty with intent to
harm: Fine and/or up to
5 years in prison, up to
10 years if repeat
offense. Penalty for
acting with reckless
disregard: Fine and/or
up to 1 year in prison.
Intentional: Disgruntled
employee uses his access to
delete a whole database.
Reckless disregard: Hacking
into a system and accidentally
causing damage. (Or if the
prosecution cannot prove
that the attacker??™s intent was
malicious.)
Furthering a fraud by trafficking in passwords or
similar information that will allow a computer to be
accessed without authorization, if the trafficking
affects interstate or foreign commerce or if the
computer affected is used by or for the
government.
Fine and/or up to 1
year in prison, up to 10
years if repeat offense.
After breaking into a
government computer,
obtaining user credentials and
selling them.
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